Remember that King Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines, so he was “royally qualified” to write a love poetry Bible book. The three books follow one another together, and Proverbs is first.

The Bible's First Book of Kings—widely believed to have been written centuries after the time period in question—says Solomon, king of Israel, built a defensive wall in Jerusalem. The new ...

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. No king in the ...